Cyril Ramaphosa
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Early life - Ramaphosa was born in Soweto, Johannesburg, on 17 November 1952, to Venda parents.
He is the second of the three children to Erdmuth and retired policeman Samuel Ramaphosa.

Education - He attended Tshilidzi Primary School and Sekano Ntoane High School in Soweto.
In 1971, he matriculated from Mphaphuli High School in Sibasa, Venda where he was elected head of the Student Christian Movement.
He subsequently registered to study law at the University of the North (Turfloop) in Limpopo Province in 1972.
While at university, Ramaphosa became involved in student politics and joined the South African Students Organisation (SASO) and the Black People's Convention (BPC).
This resulted in him being detained in solitary confinement for eleven months in 1974 under Section 6 of the Terrorism Act, 1967, for organising pro-Frelimo rallies.
In 1976 he was detained again, following the unrest in Soweto, and held for six months at John Vorster Square under the Terrorism Act.
After his release, he became a law clerk for a Johannesburg firm of attorneys and continued with his legal studies through correspondence with the University of South Africa (UNISA), where he obtained his B. Proc. Degree in 1981.

Political career - Previously an anti-apartheid activist, trade union leader and businessman, Ramaphosa served as the Deputy President of South Africa from 2014 to 2018.
He was later elected President of the African National Congress (ANC) at the ANC National Conference in December 2017.
Ramaphosa is the former Chairman of the National Planning Commission, which is responsible for strategic planning for the future of the country.
Ramaphosa was elected president by the National Assembly to his first full term on May 22 following the ANC's victory in the 2019 South African general election.
In 2020, Ramaphosa began serving as Chairperson of the African Union.

Achievements - He has been called a skillful negotiator and strategist who acted as the ANC's Chief Negotiator during South Africa's transition to democracy.
Ramaphosa built up the biggest and most powerful trade union in the country – the National Union of Mineworkers (NUM).
He played a crucial role, with Roelf Meyer of the National Party, during the negotiations to bring about a peaceful end to apartheid and steer the country towards its first fully democratic elections in April 1994.
Ramaphosa was Nelson Mandela's choice for future president.

Business career - Ramaphosa is well known as a businessman, with 31 properties and previously-held notable ownership in companies such as McDonald's South Africa, chair of the board for MTN and member of the board for Lonmin.

Controversy - Despite his credentials as an important proponent of his country's peaceful transition to democracy, he has also been criticised for the conduct of his business interests although he has never been indicted for illegal activity in any of these controversies. Controversial business dealings include his joint venture with Glencore and allegations of benefitting illegally from coal deals with Eskom which he has staunchly denied, during which Glencore was in the public spotlight for its tendentious business activities involving Tony Blair.

Net worth - Ramaphosa is known to be one of the richest people in South Africa, with an estimated net worth of more than $450,000,000 and has appeared in financial magazines such as Forbes Africa and Bloomberg.

Philanthropy - Ramaphosa is also the founder of the Cyril Ramaphosa Foundation.

Coronavirus response - Ramaphosa has been internationally praised for his response to the Coronavirus pandemic in South Africa with the BBC commenting that, in this regard, "Ramaphosa has emerged as a formidable leader - composed, compassionate, but seized by the urgency of the moment".

Trivia - He is a polyglot, and is known for including a variety of South African languages when delivering most of his speeches.

Personal life - Ramaphosa was previously married to Hope Ramaphosa (1978–1989) with whom he has a son.
He later married and divorced the now late businesswoman Nomazizi Mtshotshisa (1991–1993).
In 1996, he married Tshepo Motsepe, a medical doctor and the sister of South African mining billionaire Patrice Motsepe.
Ramaphosa has five known children.
He owns a luxury mansion at the foot of Lion's Head in Cape Town.

Social media stats as of August 2020:

• 20.6K followers on Instagram 

• 75K followers on Facebook

• 1.5M followers on Twitter